SH Figuarts

Shown in prototype form alongside his fellow Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger allies this past summer at San Diego Comic-Con at the Bluefin Tamashii Nations booth, the roughly 6" tall S.H. Figuarts Mammoth Ranger action figure has finally been given an official release date by Bandai.

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Movies: The first stills from Zack Snyder's 300: Rise of an Empire are... shiny and full of ab. Gaming: Though Iron Man 3 probably won't be getting a current generation console tie-in video game, a new Grand Theft Auto IV Liberty City mod dubbed "Iron Man IV" may help tide over fans...

Movies: Director Bryan Signer has Tweeted a first look at Beast as portrayed by actor Nicholas Hoult in the upcoming X-Men: Days of Future Past. Awesome: Counter656 is back with another insanely rad Dragon Ball Z stop motion animation using S...

Custom Toys: While it's unlikely that Lego will ever get around to making individual versions of ALL of Tony Stark's many Iron Man 3 suits, customizer Minh Pham is hard at work on some awesome customs. Movies: Robert Redford is in talks to star as a high-ranking SHIELD agent in Captain America: The Winter Soldier...

Animation: If you didn't catch it on Reddit awhile back, there's never a bad time to scope out this awesome King of the Hill animator's guide of "Do's and Dont's." Toys: S.H. Figuarts Iron Man Mark VI and War Machine pack a lot of firepower appeal, even if Iron Man 3 toys are already arriving in stores...

Naoko Takeuchi's (the one named) Sailor Moon has been battling evil for 20 years across manga, anime, live action television and even the stage, but unlike a lot of her magical girl contemporaries, the heroine's fashion doll/statue to action figure ratio is staggeringly imbalanced...